Anonymous wrote:I think a number of AU students rushed to get off campus leases when the school told them about the new dorm setup and now they are kind of out of luck.

Yup. My DC’s friend is an AU student. She knows tons of students who just recently rushed to sign a lease that are now SOL.

Anonymous wrote:Are any colleges in DC doing any kind of in-person?

This article details some northern VA schools that are. I can't say they all sound prepared, but it looks like some plan to.

https://www.insidenova.com/business_voice/colleges-take-a-hybrid-approach/article_88ca37a2-d29b-11ea-a21f-efdf2eeb0030.html

Both AU and GW are reducing tuition by 10% AU is also waiving or deeply cutting many fees.

Will offer partial refunds? Isn’t the better play here for incoming freshman to defer and work instead?

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Anonymous wrote:are kids moving in to the dorms?

NO. Residence halls all closed this fall.

Same at GU and GWU.

Very small number of students (>500) will live on-campus at Georgetown. They have extenuating/extreme circumstances that make learning in their home environments untenable. They must apply for this exception, and they will still take all classes online from dorm rooms.

Under 50 could be called small. Up to 500 is quite large

500 is like 8% of the normal on-campus population.

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Anonymous wrote:are kids moving in to the dorms?

NO. Residence halls all closed this fall.

Same at GU and GWU.

Very small number of students (>500) will live on-campus at Georgetown. They have extenuating/extreme circumstances that make learning in their home environments untenable. They must apply for this exception, and they will still take all classes online from dorm rooms.

Same at GW and AU.

Anonymous wrote:Oddly my incoming AU freshman was relieved...

AU had evaluations for all classes (they do every semester) and had a number of questions about DL. It sounds like they took into account that feedback and have offered professors seminars on how to best teach online over the summer.

I think a number of AU students rushed to get off campus leases when the school told them about the new dorm setup and now they are kind of out of luck.

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Anonymous wrote:Oddly my incoming AU freshman was relieved...

They should be. I am a college prof in DC and I hate teaching online but I came to believe that it will be highly superior to hybrid or hyflex or whatever they call it-- sitting 6 feet apart, profs and students in masks, no collaborative work possible, etc. Plus any student who opted to take classes online would be "tuned in" at the same time, so the prof would have to teach to both kids in the classroom (in masks) and those on zoom at the same time. I am exhausted just typing this. It seemed hellish and pedagogically untenable.

I'm a prof in VA and this is really getting to me, too. My field is an applied art and it is just asking the impossible, for no reason. I am all for offering international students and first-college students an opportunity to connect, safely, on a limited basis, but to have class in person just to say you have class in person is profoundly ill-advised, and pedagogically unsound.

Anonymous wrote:Oddly my incoming AU freshman was relieved...

They should be. I am a college prof in DC and I hate teaching online but I came to believe that it will be highly superior to hybrid or hyflex or whatever they call it-- sitting 6 feet apart, profs and students in masks, no collaborative work possible, etc. Plus any student who opted to take classes online would be "tuned in" at the same time, so the prof would have to teach to both kids in the classroom (in masks) and those on zoom at the same time. I am exhausted just typing this. It seemed hellish and pedagogically untenable.

Oddly my incoming AU freshman was relieved...

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Anonymous wrote:Are any colleges in DC doing any kind of in-person?

I believe UMD College Park has hybrid, though I expect the will go digital anytime if they haven't already.

GWU appears to be online for the most part.

Marymount appears to be committed to hybrid.

GMU may be hybrid but website is unclear on the front page.

Community colleges seem to be doing hybrid.

And now AU and Georgetown are all online.

Montgomery college is mainly virtual too.

NVCC is virtual for everything except what needs to be in person: clinicals for medical programs, auto tech, etc.